By Todd Haselton |
I didn’t expect to see this cross my feed this morning, but Lenovo’s chief financial officer Wong Wai Ming recently told Bloomberg that the firm is interested in acquiring new properties, including BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. “We are looking at all opportunities — RIM and…
By Todd Haselton |
Yes, I used Bold on purpose in the title, but the question is an important one: is RIM being too bold with BlackBerry 10 and its approach to the existing mobile market? I don’t mean in the immediate future; we still have yet to see…
By FOX Business |
Research in Motion (RIMM) announced Wednesday that Visa (V) approved its mobile-payment solution. According to the company, its solution for Near Field Communication mobile payments, called Secure Element Manager, allows carriers to securely manage credentials on SIM cards installed in mobile devices. “The approval from…
By Todd Haselton |
We checked out BlackBerry 10 during the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show and came away loving what we saw. Our biggest fear moving into the Jan. 30 launch, however, is that RIM won’t have enough BlackBerry 10 applications to cater to consumers. That worry is becoming less of…
By Todd Haselton |
I’m ready to buy a BlackBerry 10 device. Why? Because yesterday we had a chance to meet with Research In Motion and check out a still unfinished build of the operating system. I already explained a lot about why I’m excited in yesterday’s article, but to…
By Todd Haselton |
I’m ready to buy a BlackBerry again. I just got back from a meeting with Research In Motion to check out the latest build of BlackBerry 10. And, even on a developer device without final hardware, I’m confident in saying I’m ready to move back…
By Todd Haselton |
We’ve already seen a few images of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but now BusinessInsider has a fresh crop of photos. The device you see above is allegedly the Z10 and is headed to Verizon Wireless and AT&T in the new year. The source of the…
By Todd Haselton |
This year was loaded with amazing tech stories, both good and bad. But there were some pretty huge blunders that left us with our jaws wide open, staring in disbelief at our screens as we wrote up the news stories. Here are 10 of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion’s chief information officer Robin Bienfait announced her retirement in tandem with the company’s third quarter earnings results. Bienfait was employed by RIM for the past six years and focused on the company’s service infrastructure growth, which increased from 47 petabytes of data…
By Todd Haselton |
The BlackBerry Z10 was officially unveiled on Jan. 30, 2013. The release dates vary around the world, as does the pricing.…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM just reported its third quarter 2012 earnings and noted a loss of $0.22 per share, which beat analyst expectations of a $0.35 loss per share. The company also reported $2.7 billion in revenue, down 5% from the second quarter and down an incredible 47%…
By Todd Haselton |
Excited for RIM’s BlackBerry 10 launch? Ready to see the next generation handsets? So are we. We have already seen several leaked images, and even a preview video of what’s expected to be the first device, but now a fresh leak provides the alleged name…
By Todd Haselton |
I write this a lot, but it’s true: RIM’s BlackBerry 10 launch needs to be a success or it faces almost certain failure in the United States smartphone market and, in the long term, globally. I argued yesterday that the company needs to put a…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM is set to unveil BlackBerry 10 and its latest smartphones on January 30. The whole tech world is watching to see if RIM can step up to the plate and fight Android, Windows Phone and iOS head on. Can it? I think so, if…
By Todd Haselton |
I can’t wait for BlackBerry 10. Hold on, I can hear you through my screen right now: Why Todd? Are you nuts? RIM is dead! Technically, RIM isn’t dead yet and its success will rely largely on how well it executes the launch of BlackBerry 10 and…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM already promised that it will unveil its latest BlackBerry 10 operating system on January 30 but, until today, we didn’t yet know where the event was going to take place. The company officially issued press invites on Monday to an event that will occur in New York…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! Rumors are swirling yet again that Apple is gearing up to debut its new television set sometime in 2013. We’ve heard a lot about the mythical hardware, but will 2013 finally be…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said back in October that it was planning to ditch RIM’s BlackBerry operating system for iOS. It seems to have had a change of heart, however, because RIM announced on Thursday that ICE will be one…
By Brandon Russell |
Someone out there with Research In Motion’s L-Series has taken it upon themselves to take a whole gallery of high-resolution photos, and of course they’ve wound up on the Internet. Maybe the person wanted to one-up that mockup we saw earlier today. Whatever the case,…
By Brandon Russell |
What you see above is probably Research In Motion’s upcoming all-touch BlackBerry 10, mocked up in textured perfection. The company teased a brief look at the device the other day, but this is (almost) the whole kit and kaboodle. Unfortunately, only a picture of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Wi-LAN, a Canadian intellectual property licensing company, filed a lawsuit against Research In Motion on Tuesday. The firm claims that the BlackBerry maker is infringing on patented technology related to Bluetooth communications. Wi-LAN didn’t explain much in a release published on its website, other than…
By Brandon Russell |
It’s been a long, winding, dark road for Research In Motion, but the company on Tuesday finally made the Gold SDK for BlackBerry 10 available to download. The toolkit includes everything that’s necessary for developers to create apps for the company’s upcoming OS, and it’s…
By Brandon Russell |
With the confirmation of a full-fledged BlackBerry 10 roll out early next year, Research In Motion is starting to tease what’s to come. The company on Monday — perfectly timed on RIM’s part, as the holiday season is in full swing — posted what is…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook made its debut in the spring of 2011 and is RIM’s first tablet, as well as the company’s first QNX-powered device. It was met with relatively lukewarm reception from consumers, largely due to software limitations (it didn’t have an email client at…
